Social Businesses in China
Muhammad Yunnus’ book Banker to the Poor opened my mind to a new type of philanthropy – venture philanthropy – where donations to a Microfinance Institution are loaned out, repaid at an extremely high...
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Inventing another pathway to a world without poverty (Pt 1 of 2)
What if the enormous power and potential of global business enterprise could become a force for social and environmental transformation just as it has been for the expansion of global commerce?Grameen...
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Inventing another pathway to a world without poverty (Pt 2 of 2)
Transforming the world of global business enterpriseDanone and Grameen are, in fact, changing the game of business. They have created a profit-making enterprise where societal contribution is more...
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Back in Bangladesh
Alex Counts is President and CEO of Grameen Foundation, and the author of “Small Loans, Big Dreams: How Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus and Microfinance are Changing the World” (John Wiley &...
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Statement of Prof. Yunus Regarding His Removal from Grameen Bank
Statement of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus on the Occasion of Supreme Court Verdict on May 5, 2011 Regarding His Removal from Grameen Bank. Professor Yunus voiced his concern after...
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Shannon Maynard is the Director of Grameen Foundation’s skilled volunteer program, Bankers without Borders®. Maynard has more than 15 years of experience in nonprofit management and volunteer...
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